The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-13
THINGS

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Helena dedicated her Court house oil
July 9Th.
Anaconda, Gorliam anl Granite have
been made money order offices.
Zrb Haynes of New Chicago, an ,lu-
timer OF Dec Lodge county. died in the
hospital at Deer Lodge las; week.
M~issnula county turned out a straw
berry which measured MAE and onc.lialf
inches in circumference. Rats.
The Great Falls Tribune seems 10 be
about the only Montana PAPER which
wants an extra session of the legislature.
DR.. Mrssipbrud had nine fine colts
killed last Monday by an extra train on
the Montana Union. The lcss will reari:
$1,000.
The Philharmonic club. of New York,
have been engaged by Manager Mcguire
To give two concerts in Bate on their
return from the coast.
by the burning OF the brewery at
Glendale, Tuesday mint, Peter Srhau-
nrur, the proprietor, who was sleeping
on the floor, wa burned 10 death.
Anaconda is likely to have a complete
system of water works in the immediate
future. One business man has offered
10 take 5000 stock in the company.
The River Press mentions the arrival
Of considerable wool ut denton, and esti-
mates that there will he two million
FUNDS shipped from that point this SEA-
son.
Hugh Kirkcndall If Helena, the we'll
known frcightrr ::nd railroad contractor,
WIS kicked by n vicious horse at t..e
WIckcs tunnel an the LIST, resulting in
a fracture ola leg.
The Stock Gazette saws: The wool is
coming in quite rapidly, Int there are
not enough .wm | buyers in town and wool
,s being store. here in large quantities
awaiting n tirmcT market.
Helena ~iuauguralrd the free postal de-
livery on July LIST, there being four letter
carriers. with one substitute on the list
Twenty. five imXrs for the reception al
mail matter are pasted in different parts
Of the city.
All sl:cep frum Oregon, Nevada. Cali
fprnia. Washington Territory. Idaho and
Utah, will have to be examined and pro-
nouncrd clear Of scab by the territorial
veterinary surgeon, hefore they can he
brnnght mto NJ 'niana.
A game of base ball between the Butte
ami lItltna clubs resulted in the defeat
of the Butte Buys, tho score being 80 I"
II, and The Butte club being ~outIla, ell
on every point. We notice that the sam
pitcher and catcher who played with
the Townsend dub at Bizeman TN the
4th were also members of the Helena
club.
Geo. NJ. Pinney, the first speaker of
the legislature of Dakota and the first
United States marshal Of Montana, il
now in New York. He lived a while in
London. He has been in New York
for some months and at last accounts
had just been married to q Boston lady.
George has been married twice before
aud is therefore entitled to no SYM
pathy.
The Landing season now over has been
an extra good The percentage of
Increase has been quite large, although
of course the number Of ewes to lamb
was much reduced by the great NOR
tality Of last winter. The percentage of
dry ewes was smaller than usual, and
had the winter been n mild one, and
had the ewes as a body come through |
alive, the increase would have brcn
something remarkable. Judging from
what we have heard from various sec.
tions, VIC should put the net increase
in sheep for this summor above the
number OH the range last fail, at n lit.
tie less than ten per cent.-Montana
Wool Grower.
Our assumption that the loss in stock
last winter was very severe, is verified
in the fact that there is considerable in
quiry on the part Of cattle owners for
There is no doubt but that sheep
~husbandry may be placed on an absolute.
ly safe basis, for when as lily prepared
as our flock'mastcrs were last winter
one of the most disastrous winters evcr
known in the country, our flocks are
brought through with Il loss of from 10
% 90 per cent, ii is EASY enough to sec
hat with ample preparations the loss
save from accident, may be reduced to
merely n nominal one, and granting that
It Hay not be quite so rrmuneratiye AZ
he cattle business would be if the
casualties of such winters rs last could BE-
taken one gear with another
t Is ~ remuneratire. This being the
'asc W are not surprised that range
men SHOULD show Il tendency to want u
Having carried on the stock
business on an eXtei sive scale they are
to reduce their herds to what
hey II conveniently and safely handle,
nreferto handle sheep instead. This
nglit to strengthen the market for stock
'icep in the territory, and coupled with
he favorable turn of the wool market,
makes things look quite encouraging for
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